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Northern Plains Railroad, Inc.401(k)

NORTHERN PLAINS RAILROAD, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · FORDVILLE, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.71%

Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. reported $60,825 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.71% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,749 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.76% to 0.71%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Dakota (191st of 279), and the 1,227th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $1.92 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,935,324
Participants with balances126
Active participants179
Employer contributions$313,108
Employee contributions$600,712
Employer contribution per active participant$1,749
Average account balance$70,915
Benefits paid to participants$1,230,319
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.9M · 126 accts · $313K emplr
2023$8.3M · 107 accts · $265K emplr
2022$6.6M · 116 accts · $217K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$60,825
Total administrative$60,825
The Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,749
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,749 per active participant
2023$1,260 per active participant
2022$1,214 per active participant

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20245
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$4,085
ASCENSUS HOLDINGS INC · Contract administrator$3,820
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLCindirect comp
MORGAN STANLEY INSURANCE SERVICESindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$60,825 · 0.71%
2023$54,429 · 0.73%
2022$48,777 · 0.76%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450445434 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.